About Us

COMBINED LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATIONS OF TEXAS, CLEAT

Mission

To Ensure That Our Members’ Rights and Interests are Protected by Providing Exceptional Legal Representation, Legislative and Political Power, Assistance in Labor Negotiations, and Leadership or Association Development.

Why We’re Here

As a law enforcement professional your job is difficult, dangerous and often violent. You need someone in your corner standing up for you and fighting to protect you, your job and your family’s income. CLEAT is the best, largest, and most respected organization fighting for Texas’ finest.

Our mission is to ensure that you, as a CLEAT member, receive the professional respect, employment rights, and legal protections you deserve.

After all, your role in enforcing the laws and protecting the lives and property of citizens is the most important, fundamental job in Texas.

CLEAT has a rich history of relentlessly fighting to ensure that all Texas law enforcement professionals:

Realize the full extent of your legal, political and employment rights,

Work under conditions that permit the job to be done safely and effectively, and

Earn fair compensation for the critically important work that you do and the sacrifices made daily by your family

CLEAT provides legal representation, lobbying and legislative representation, local political action, collective bargaining and negotiations support and a range of related field services. With more than 24,000+ members across the state, CLEAT is the largest police officers’ union in Texas, the largest legal services provider in Texas specializing in representing law enforcement officers, and the largest alliance of local police officers’ associations in Texas. More importantly, we possess the world-class experience, resources and the will to bring STRENGTH, JUSTICE and UNITY to everything from local contract negotiations to critical incidents.

A Cursory Look at CLEAT

The largest law enforcement officers’ union in Texas, the state’s largest legal services provider specializing in representing law enforcement officers, the largest, most experienced and effective team of collective bargaining experts, and